With the pandemic dying down, music artists are finally able to hold concerts in large venues that can hold many new fans, some of whom are very disrespectful. Many people who are unable to get tickets for their concerts blame the disrespectful fans who do not know the music very well for taking all of the tickets that should have gone to serious fans of the artist.

Many people say that these inconsiderate fans have spawned from social media apps such as BeReal and Tiktok. Popular trends on these platforms have caused audiences to throw items onto the stage, such as one fan throwing a camera at Steve Lacy, who then proceeded to break the camera on stage.

This sparked a controversy among fans about throwing items on stage. Sophomore Isabel Santamaria of Spring Lake Heights believes that the fans were being inconsiderate for throwing objects at Lacy.

“It’s annoying, I can definitely feel for him because I saw the original video where he was saying ‘don’t throw anything at me,’ and then people started throwing stuff at him and he got upset and broke it,” Santamaria said. “Everyone’s trying to get their BeReals taken with the artists but they don’t want a phone chucked at their face, it’s just not what they’re there for.”

During recent concerts, crowds have wanted to get the very best videos and pictures of their favorite artists, and with new social media BeReal’s surge in popularity, everyone wants the performer’s point of view in their pictures. This can cause pushing and shoving as people want to get as close as possible to the artist.

Senior Delia Mullen of Wall had a similar experience at a Pitbull concert earlier this year.

“Pitbull was crazy, people were very mean and I almost got beat up,” Mullen said. “The crowd was rough when I was walking through people tried to push me around.”

This craze in concertgoers has recently sparked anger in Taylor Swift’s biggest fans when the popular ticket selling brand, Ticketmaster, completely sold out of Swift’s tickets during the presale. Millions of fans were stuck in queue lines for hours and the majority of them did not end up getting tickets.

Freshman Kelly Matthews of Middletown reflected on how the circumstances of buying tickets were unfair.

“I think it’s upsetting that some people just got it because she’s become super popular, even if they didn’t know many of her songs. It’s unfair to people who have been following her for years,” Matthews said.

To some people, concert tickets can mean a lot. Whether it’s a favorite artist or just someone that is very good live, nobody should miss out on the chance to see a concert.

“I think it’s disrespectful when people go to see an artist but then they end up doing other things or dumb things,” Matthews concluded. “Like Steve Lacey got very upset and maybe he shouldn’t have taken it so far but I think the audience members were very disrespectful.”